[Tman]

My thoughts...I think the black shirts were good to show unity, but obviously they may have offended some people, or just possibly the black shirts were associated with people with a sinister side.

In reality, and from what I have gathered from the meetings of various groups and the people involved, it is extremely apparent that we all want the same thing, to preserve our fisheries. The manner that is currently being used to achieve that goal, I think, is not the most logical way to achieve the goal...lower bag limits, regulation of size slots, enforcement of rules and a host of other ideas would have accomplished the mission instead of going about it in ways that would reduce money brought to the state by people who fish.

That being said, the people I have met and had a chance to talk to, I have found that the consumptives involved are actually some of the most conservative minded people, ones who fish to feed themselves and their family and don't indiscriminately go out and fish in attempts to 'take as much as they can keep'...